Pig Candy and some Spare Ribs

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phatbac

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Jun 11, 2013
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Hello Everyone!

This past Saturday I smoked a few things. Among them was some candied smoked bacon (similar to Jeff's recipe) aka Pig Candy and two racks of St Louis Spares (no foil). I plenty of q view to share!

First the pig candy!

separating to marinade with maple syurp


Getting several layers covered in maple syrup


Syrup i used


after a night of soaking in syrup...i put on Bradley (cooling) racks and covered in brown sugar


ready to go on the smoker!


after an hour of smoking at ~300 degrees


Onto the Spare Ribs!

Trimmed to St Louis from full racks. (not perfect but good enough for us)


Rubbed with Butcher's BBQ Honey Rub.


After overnight i the fridge


First onto the smoker. smoker was at about 275 degrees


About an hour in smoker had went down to 250 degrees where we kept it the rest of the smoke.


moved the rack around to make sure they got even heat.

spritzed them with juice/vinegar/water mix every 30 minutes or so.

not something i normally do but felt like it this time since i wasn't going to wrap in foil


after 4 hours i added some sauce that i made on the firebox

( i used some of the maple syrup from the bacon in sauce)


I don't have a shot of the cross section of the rib, they came out very nice and tender.

They tasted fantastic!

Sauce recipe from these ribs...

Maple #11 sauce

1 1/2 Cup Ketchup

1/8 cup red wine vinegar

1/8 cup lemon juice

2 TBS maple syrup (real)

1 cup light Br. Sugar

1 TBS Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp of kosher salt

2 tsp of black pepper

2 tsp of yellow mustard powder

1 TBS of sweet paprika

Thanks for looking!

I will try to respond to any comments you may have!

Happy Smoking,

phatbac (Aaron)
 
Pig candy looks great.
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It's on the must do list.
thank you!

Happy Smoking,

phatbac (Aaron)
 
Nice bones and the candy looks delicious!
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The candy was delicious it didn't last past breakfast! ( i usually light Black Betty at 5am-ish Saturday)

The ribs are my lunches this week and its a good bite! 

Thanks Lance!

phatbac (Aaron)
 
Sweet Swine so Divine!
Great looking racks of ribs, I bet they were tasty indeed.
And the pig candy... Like Heroin to an addict.
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I do the normal Maple-n-Brown Sugar, but I also take about half and add Chocolate-n-Nuts.
Man, I'm drooling, might have to make some this weekend.

Thanks I'm gonna try some chocolate and nuts with pig candy!

Happy Smoking,
phatbac (Aaron)
 
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